ARTS, BRIEFLY; Gotti On '60 Minutes': Who Can Refuse?

By BENJAMIN TOFF; Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF

Published: April 13, 2010

We're afraid to be the ones to tell him this, but John Gotti Jr. got a boost for his first interview with ''60 Minutes'' from CBS's afternoon coverage of the Masters on Sunday. After Phil Mickelson's victory at Augusta National, CBS was No. 1 for the night, according to Nielsen's estimates, with a lineup that included ''60 Minutes'' (which garnered over 15 million viewers) and the season finale of its hit reality show ''Undercover Boss'' (14.1 million). ABC ranked second overall, benefiting from a two-hour episode of ''Brothers & Sisters'' (8.8 million). NBC was third with ''Dateline'' (3.7 million) and a rerun of ''Minute to Win It'' (4.5 million), followed by ''The Celebrity Apprentice'' (6.6 million), while Fox placed fourth with its comedy lineup including ''The Simpsons'' (5.6 million) and ''Family Guy'' (6.9 million).